eXg-Buddha

Your suggestion has been Accepted, Please note that accepted suggestions will not necessarily be implemented into the server, but rather forked over to the development team for a second opinion, at which point they are free to choose between implementation or not.

Your suggestion has been Denied, Garnet has added new weapons in the !credits menu readily available to all players. These weapons, keep in mind, are better than a lot of the donation portal items. Thank you for your suggestion.

Your suggestion has been Denied, RDM in a sit is treated like normal RDM - it is a warn. I suggest if they pull out a gun, you freeze them before any damage can be done.

Your suggestion has been Accepted, Please note that accepted suggestions will not necessarily be implemented into the server, but rather forked over to the development team for a second opinion, at which point they are free to choose between implementation or not.

Your suggestion has been Accepted, Please note that accepted suggestions will not necessarily be implemented into the server, but rather forked over to the development team for a second opinion, at which point they are free to choose between implementation or not.

Your suggestion has been Denied, CCTV cameras are not allowed due to exploits. There is almost no workaround. This has been suggested before, and was denied for the same reason. Thank you for your suggestion.

Your suggestion has been Accepted, Please note that accepted suggestions will not necessarily be implemented into the server, but rather forked over to the development team for a second opinion, at which point they are free to choose between implementation or not.

Your suggestion has been Accepted, Please note that accepted suggestions will not necessarily be implemented into the server, but rather forked over to the development team for a second opinion, at which point they are free to choose between implementation or not.

Your suggestion has been Accepted, Please note that accepted suggestions will not necessarily be implemented into the server, but rather forked over to the development team for a second opinion, at which point they are free to choose between implementation or not.

Your suggestion has been Denied, We have a perfectly working TeamSpeak which is not only user friendly, but lags out low end PCs less than Discord does. We have a Discord, but it is not a means of voice communication; rather a way to contact staff outside of TS/In-Game/Steam. Garnet has told me that he is working on the discord, so please give it some time! Thank you for your suggestion.

This suggestion has been Denied, Due to it being extremely easy to abuse, we cannot have props able to be sat upon. If you want to RP, your best shot is crouching on a Q menu chair.

You're absolutely right. You are correct in almost every way. I try to be a better manager and help the community, then turn around and get into a controversy. After the Enigma report, I tried to stay away from as much drama as possible and remove myself from all points of interest but my own DarkRP community, and yet here I am again. Its a vicious cycle I am trying to break from, and I am almost there. With the cheating accusations, I treated it like everything else that happened in the community - I received a lot of backlash for what I did, and in order to cope with it, turned it against myself as well and tried to joke openly about it, hoping that after a while people would forgive me. When I made that image, me and my friends in TS were messing around and creating fake cheat screenshots, and I took mine to the next level by essentially "reporting myself" for the fake screenshot. I thought it was funny, but it seems to have left a sour taste in everyone's mouth seeing that they were concerned for my wellbeing, which I appreciate entirely. I just assumed that with everyone making the "buddha's breakfast" jokes, my mental health was not entirely regarded for, and stumbled on the road of self deprecation in order to gain back everyone's trust. A stupid mistake on my behalf due to my nature. I never meant to guilt trip anyone involved in that report at all. My mental health should not have been brought up during that report, and bringing it up only made me look like I was using depression and anxiety against the reportees, which was not fair. The Enigma report was another beast entirely. I was heated in the moment, and felt the same way Enigma felt when inputting that ban on me on TTT. I felt, at that moment, only fair to do what I did to Enigma because of what he had done to me. But after a lengthy conversation with Garnet, I came to the realization that everything I said was wrong. I asked Garnet's permission to hide my post, and then he later overruled and made it public again, as I deserved the criticisms and mockery of my reckless behavior. I also reached out to Enigma to try and mend our relationship, and talked to him privately. He did not wish to continue our relationship and removed me, which is totally justified and understandable. My connection with TTT and all things related to TTT is over, and I've learned a valuable lesson of evidence, and when not to make a report. Believe it or not, but that has stuck with me. When I say sorry, I really do say sorry. Despite all the controversy's I get into, I really do try my best to remain both honest with myself and the community. It is true - after the cheating report was denied, I did feel a surge of relief. I felt like I once again was where I was in the community months ago, but that was simply false. I am on thin ice, and by this point, the ice has cracked and I am grasping onto the ledge, body half submerged in the freezing water. For me, my entire goal was to gain WhiteBolt's forgiveness, which I finally have done, thanks to his immense kindness. I talked to him privately about it and resolved it between us, and I want to call us friends now. Once again, it doesn't excuse my actions, but as long as I have his forgiveness, I am at peace of mind. Ignore what the others say about it just being a video game. I still made a threat, joking or not, which so many of you have rightfully pointed out. I am ashamed and confused on why I made such a stupid statement, and have apologized time and time again for this mistake. This is not how I run the DarkRP side of the community. The management team on DarkRP runs a relatively tight ship due to our no-nonsense policy, and have executive to staff interventions all the time to make sure our staff team is on point. I truly do love the DarkRP community, and while recently I have been burnt out of the DarkRP flow, I do enjoy managing the staff team and ensuring their excellence. I don't know why I thought it was ok to speak to someone who wasn't on my staff team or someone who didn't know me well that way. It was an honest mistake that I will continue paying after this report, regardless of its outcome. I have made many mistakes over these past years, but work every day to try and right those wrongs. I know I keep going in circles, apologizing back and forth, so let me show you with my actions. This won't happen again. There won't be another controversy again, because I've experienced all there is about controversy. I do appreciate all the feedback and complaints, because it only makes me strive to do better and impress upon those who look down upon me. I am sorry I have betrayed your trust DatOneDeadDuck, and all the others in this thread, including WhiteBolt. I will work every day to try and gain that trust back. Thank you.

For all the people trying to defend my actions, I appreciate it, but it is not needed. No matter how you try to justify it, it shouldn't have happened regardless. I have already apologized to WhiteBolt and have settled this privately with him. Punishment or not, the only thing that matters is that I made up with WhiteBolt and he forgave me. That's all.

Thank you for this. I realized that what I did was messed up, and I reached out to you to talk about it. I understand you better now, and I realise why what I said affected you so much. I've already expressed my deepest condolences to you privately, but I'll say them again here. You are completely right. I am a DarkRP manager, and what I said should have been held to a higher standard. I should never have joined a private meeting and interjected any opinions, especially threatening you. I once again thank you for forgiving me, but cannot forgive myself for what I said to you. To me, it was a joke, but expecting you to feel the same was uncalled for. From out conversations, I can tell that the same ghosts haunt us both, and something like what I said very well could have set me off the same way it affected you. There is no excuse for what I did, and I cannot thank you enough for your forgiveness, which I will prove day in and day out that it was not mistakenly given. Once again, I am sorry WhiteBolt. Thank you for your forgiveness .

I appreciate this, as you really went in depth. But there was no depth to what I said. Because I have influence doesn't mean I get away with things, nor does it mean that I have a cult that agrees with everything I have said. This was evident in my cheating report. I really felt like the report on me was a stretch, and was just added on for the sole reason of being added on. WhiteBolt used to play on DarkRP a lot. With what I would say in OOC, I am sure he could understand that I was a joking person. I say stupid shit all the time. It doesn't mean I stand by it. The same can be said about MRP. The stuff I put in OOC is dark humor, but everyone on the server differentiates it from being serious and just a joke. WhiteBolt has been around me enough, on DRP, MRP, and the forums, to know exactly what my mannerisms are. Late at night, people tend to be more mingey. You are correct in saying it doesn't make it right. I shouldn't have said that to someone I didn't know. But with all factors considered - the tone of my voice, me having 0 involvement in the entire issue, me being friends with 3/4 people in that channel, the message not being directed towards WhiteBolt, WhiteBolt already knowing what my mannerisms and tone is, and the entire conversation (not just the "threat", but the entire conversation from start to finish) - anyone can differentiate a serious threat and something to be concerned about from a joke, which I was making. Being a joke doesn't excuse it, and I have already apologized to WhiteBolt. If truly needed, I will take a warn for threatening someone. But any punishment more than this would be unwarranted. The amount of times I am told to kill myself, or something along the lines of committing suicide, in this community is too many to count. The same go for others. I don't report it, however, as 99.9 percent of the time I take it as a joke. I am an advocate for mental wellbeing, and constantly have talks with my staff members about depression and ways of combatting it. When I joke about one's life, I always make sure that everyone in the channel/group I am talking with understands it is a joke, as I would never wish harm upon another person. The bar isn't being lowered for me here - its just most people understood the context (or lack thereof) of the situation, and took it as a joke. I didn't go on and on about it. I just said one simple line that everyone else interpreted as a joke, except for WhiteBolt, who I once again have already apologized to.

As I said before, I was joking. I was not a part of that "argument". My whole spiel was a joke.

It was late at night. No one else in the channel seemed to have a problem with it. It was very clear, even to people who do not know me, that I was in no way serious. I didn't even think twice about it, as I have said similar things to other manager, players and even Garnet in some way or another. He never raised any alarms while I was in the TS channel, nor in the hour and a half later. I didn't even say it in a menacing way. Yes, I am a DRP manager, and I should be held to a higher standard. But you have to pick the right fights. Because I am a DRP manager, I cannot have dark humor, or be anything other than serious? I thought it was funny. Everyone else in the channel thought it was funny. And I knew most of the 2GA officers there. I knew Zach. I knew Moab. and Whitebolt and I had exchanged words in passing. We spent about 15-20 minutes in the GB channel the day before, and I'm sure from the brief words we exchanged he could tell I was constantly joking and not serious with the things I said. For all the people +1ing, please keep this in mind - we are in a Garry's Mod community, where worse things are said and done than "you're on my hit list". Really? There is a difference between a DDoS threat and a "death threat", if you can even call it that. Joke or not, as reminded to the community in the past, a DDoS threat is always met with punishment. However, in a situation where I had no idea what was going on. In a situation where the final outcome did not effect me whatsoever, I made a joke. Albeit, it didn't make WhiteBolt laugh, and I have already apologized multiple times to him. The video he posted is also cut off, and the full conversation will be below. As you can hear from my recording, multiple people are laughing and the only person who seems to be taking this a little too seriously is WhiteBolt. I understand why you would make a comparison, but it doesn't apply.

It was just a bad joke that wasn't understood. You can literally hear other people laughing in the TS. I am not trying to make excuses here, but this is obviously a joke Homast. I understand I am a DarkRP manager, but that shouldn't restrict me from joking. All parties beside WhiteBolt seemed to not mind, and laughed, as shown in the evidence he provided. If he really had a problem with me or what I said, he could have just talked to me in game. Instead, he waited a full peacetime and war to report me. This just seems a little petty, and I feel added on to something that never really had bothered me or concerned me in the first place. I said a bad joke. He had an hour and a half to talk to me privately or reach out to me, which he never did. Zachman had contacted me and we talked about what happened in the TS, and just like that, it was resolved. I, once again, do not wish death upon you, nor ever will. As multiple people have said, that is just my personality. If you had known me better, maybe you wouldn't feel this way. I am sorry for making you feel scared, as that was never my intention; rather to break the ice and get a cheap laugh. But @Homast, what punishment would possibly be given? I was in a TS channel with 4 other people, which no one else had a problem with, and made a bad joke. Why would there be any punishment needed - why did WhiteBolt not simply talk to me?

I can't tell if you are joking or not when you reported me for "death threats". I've spoke to you on several occasions and you know the tone of my voice. That is not my usual tone of voice, nor my usual speech pattern when talking to people, especially seriously. I said "You are now on my hit list of people to kill." It wasn't even directed to anyone in particular, especially you, as there were multiple people in that channel. If you really thought I was threatening your life, I am sorry about that. But I was in your channel for about 30 seconds, then left, and didn't contact you again. I don't have a "hit list", and you have done nothing to make me mad. I honestly thought this was a joke when I was told I was reported on the forums. Come on man... As for the Samsong "report", this was handled in game hours ago, and was already handled in game between staff and faction leaders. What is the point of this report man?

Your suggestion has been Denied, Garnet has stated multiple times that he does not want cameras, both the SWEP and the tool, on the server.

actually one of the best gmod edits ive ever seen in my fucking life. you picked the right person to make a montage on. good fucking looks vizii. good fucking looks

"you're toxic" "no you're toxic!"

I don't have reserves for any faction. I did for GB, when I had helped out in the faction and was a great enlisted, but those were wiped by Jackal 2 and a half years ago. I just disagreed on how the situation was handled. First, reserve rules were spoken about. Next, only O-1 reserves were allowed, which seemed extremely reasonable. Finally, after a couple more days, reserves were wiped and removed entirely. As Prison said, there are people who do not abuse the reserves system, who love playing on the server, and want to return to their favorite factions either out of nostalgia, old friendships, assisting the current leader, or medical/involuntary leave. Yes, there are cases of those abusing the reserves system, but this would be easy to combat with both staff and faction leaders working in tandem. For all these years, the reserves system was almost unique to Garnet in the sense that it allowed horizontal progression in SOCs rather than forced vertical progression. Prime examples of reserved used properly is @Ozzy. While still an active Vega member, he will occasionally hop on PDSS reserves to help with tryouts, hang around other PDSS, contribute ideas for the faction, and use the reserves he was given for leading the faction previously for it's intended purpose. Although you are the owner, and you've spent tremendous time working on bettering the server, I didn't quite understand the reasoning for the removal of reserves. Almost no one I would talk to would complain about reserves, other than about the few people who had reserves in almost every faction. In fact, a lot of people were eventually OK with the idea of keeping O-1 and above reserves. I strongly suggest that we keep reserves, set the minimum rank to qualify at O-1, have prerequisites such as the amount of work and time dedicated to a faction, and have staff and faction leaders work in tandem for a case by case reserves system. Most people on the server don't abuse nor use their reserves to detrement the server, and those that do are quickly removed from the roster. It is your descicion at the end of the day, but this ends up hurting more people than it was intended to benefit.